MarketWatch: Jeff Bezos has become the richest man in modern history about the Amazon Prime Day event – Companies

The founder and CEO of the Amazon was already the richest man in the world at the current price before Bill Gates, Bates of Bloomberg billionaire index

Gates, co-founder from Microsoft, had a fortune of 100 billion dollars in 1999 and 149 billion dollars in inflation-adjusted terms, Bloomberg.

Bezos' net wealth exceeded $ 150 billion a month.

Gates is ranked second in the top billionaires with $ 95 billion, followed by Warren Buffett in third with a fortune of $ 82.6 billion.

Monday was the first day of the 36-hour Amazon Day Day event, which also includes a traditional business component, through Whole Foods stores.

According to Coresight estimates, Amazon will record $ 3.4 billion in global sales on the first day, 40% more than last year.

Amazon does not disclose data about this event.

The Bezos Empire extends beyond Amazon and Whole Foods. In addition to buying Whole Foods for $ 13.7 billion, Amazon has also made other acquisitions, such as online shoe retailer Zappos and the Twitch video streaming site.

The billionaire also owns Bezos Expeditions, which manages its capital investments, such as Twitter, Workday, Business Insider and Stack Overflow. Bezos also invested $ 1 million in Google shares in 1998, and his private company, Nash Holdings, bought The Washington Post in August 2013 for $ 250 million.